The Raven (Illustrated): Including Poe's Biography & Essays on His Selected Poems

by Edgar Allan Poe, Gustave Doré (Illustrator)

Overview

This eBook edition of "The Raven" has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. The Raven is a narrative poem often noted for its musicality, stylized language, and supernatural atmosphere. It tells of a talking raven's mysterious visit to a distraught lover, tracing the man's slow fall into madness. This edition also includes: The Philosophy of Composition – An essay in which Poe describes his method in writing the poem The Raven by Sarah Helen Whitman – A poem written as a valentine to Edgar Allan Poe The Raven by Edward Everett Hale – An article about the poem The Dreamer by Mary Newton Stanard – A biography of Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was an American writer, editor, and literary critic, best known for his poetry and short stories of mystery and the macabre. He is widely regarded as a central figure of Romanticism in the United States and American literature as a whole, and he was one of the country's earliest practitioners of the short story.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9788027219018
Publisher:	Musaicum Books
Publication date:	10/06/2017
Sold by:	Bookwire
Format:	eBook
Pages:	298
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) was orphaned at the age of three and adopted by a wealthy Virginia family with whom he had a troubled relationship. He excelled in his studies of language and literature at school, and self-published his first book, Tamerlane and Other Poems, in 1827. In 1830, Poe embarked on a career as a writer and began contributing reviews and essays to popular periodicals. He also wrote sketches and short fiction, and in 1833 published his only completed novel, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket. Over the next five years he established himself as a master of the short story form through the publication of "The Fall of the House of Usher," "The Masque of the Red Death," "The Tell-Tale Heart," and other well–known works. In 1841, he wrote "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," generally considered the first modern detective story. The publication of The Raven and Other Poems in 1845 brought him additional fame as a poet.